account

/əˈkaʊnt/
noun
  1. A record of money received and spent, held by a bank or other financial institution.
    • She checked her account balance online before making a purchase.
    • The company's accounts show a profit this quarter.
    • I opened a savings account at the local bank.
  2. A written or spoken report or description of an event or experience.
    • Her account of the trip was full of funny stories.
    • The newspaper published an account of the mayor's speech.
    • The witness gave a detailed account of the accident.
  3. An arrangement with a company or website that allows you to use its services, often with a username and password.
    • He forgot his password for his streaming account.
    • You need a user account to log into the learning platform.
    • I created a new email account for work.
  4. Importance or worth; a reason or basis for something.
    • The project was cancelled on account of bad weather.
    • On no account should you open the door to strangers.
    • Don't worry on my account; I'll be fine.
verb
  1. To consider or regard in a specified way.
    • He accounted himself lucky to have survived the storm.
    • The discovery was accounted a major breakthrough.
    • She is accounted a great leader by her team.
  2. To provide an explanation or reason for something.
    • The teacher asked him to account for his absence.
    • The storm accounts for the power outage.
    • How do you account for the missing money?
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